Meanwhile, the OEMs still cooperate with Microsoft, to a point. If that changes, well Microsoft is in deep trouble. Right now Linux doesn’t look like it will boost their sales, so they are avoiding it. They don’t care about Microsoft, they care about their sales. So far they’ve been more successful at keeping Linux out of Best Buy, Staples, etc.
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They’d like to block both Linux and Mac uptake. Microsoft got burned in dealing with the OEMS (see the US Antitrust Case filings on record at Groklaw), and it appears that they’ve now moved to working with the Big Box retailers. So why can’t you buy Linux desktops in the stores? Easy.
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It automatically updates the software with no user intervention required, and unlike with Windows (in my experience) the updates just work too. The only time it’s down is when the power is off, and when the power comes back on it restarts, and just works. I have a server, well actually an ex-Windows desktop which was DOA until I installed Linux on it. I’ve personally installed Linux on twenty computers in the last year. Then there’s all those ‘modified’ machines out there. That’s why I bought a Mac – for recording, there’s nothing better.
Most musicians use Apple equipment because there’s nothing on the market that can match the Garage Band/Macintosh combination as a Digital/Audio Workstation. A lot of Windows fans won’t want to believe that, but Apple has seven spots on the top twenty at Amazon today, including the number one spot.Īpple equipment commands a premium, not just because of the build quality, but also because of the bundled applications. Apple also claims to have captured twenty percent of the U.S. This is partly because Apple doesn’t build cheap junk, and in part because OS X is virtually virus proof, so the OS just keeps running and running.
I say supposedly, because Apple computers are generally in service longer than computers running Microsoft Windows. Microsoft supposedly dominates the desktop market. They followed up on October 19th with Reports of Linux’s Desktop Death Are Premature, which covered points such as the impossibility of measuring the market share off something that isn’t paid for at retail. And if there ever was a chance for desktop Linux to succeed, that ship has long since sunk.
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Back on October 17th, PC World published an article titled Desktop Linux: The Dream Is Dead, which started with the paragraph:ĭespite phenomenal security and stability–and amazing strides in usability, performance, and compatibility–Linux simply isn’t catching on with desktop users.
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